If the mother covered up the white and red with marker, that means she couldn't afford to buy another pair. It's not like covering it up with removable tape as a "fark you" to the school, marker doesn't come off, it's permanent. This wold be the dumbest story I've heard all week if it weren't for the 5 year old "bubble gun bandit"

The article actually nails it nicely, for a change. It's not about shoes or even the dress code. It's about the school-to-prison pipeline and it doesn't just happen in Mississippi, so you people in the other 49 states can hold your jokes about the ass of the south.

"Zero-tolerance policies were originally designed to protect students from individuals who pose a threat on school grounds. Instead, they are being used to send children home for trivial things that should be solved in the principal's office."

You can thank "Zero Tolerance" for enabling the school-to-prison pipeline.

stiletto_the_wise:The article actually nails it nicely, for a change. It's not about shoes or even the dress code. It's about the school-to-prison pipeline and it doesn't just happen in Mississippi, so you people in the other 49 states can hold your jokes about the ass of the south.

stiletto_the_wise:The article actually nails it nicely, for a change. It's not about shoes or even the dress code. It's about the school-to-prison pipeline and it doesn't just happen in Mississippi, so you people in the other 49 states can hold your jokes about the ass of the south.

"Zero-tolerance policies were originally designed to protect students from individuals who pose a threat on school grounds. Instead, they are being used to send children home for trivial things that should be solved in the principal's office."

You can thank "Zero Tolerance" for enabling the school-to-prison pipeline.

Yeah, because this is the only reason we all think you're the ass of the South.

hbk72777:If the mother covered up the white and red with marker, that means she couldn't afford to buy another pair. It's not like covering it up with removable tape as a "fark you" to the school, marker doesn't come off, it's permanent. This wold be the dumbest story I've heard all week if it weren't for the 5 year old "bubble gun bandit"

Well obviously she's lazy and shiftless and on welfare, like most of 'em is.

This article makes me think that the teacher, principal, and cop involved are all mentally deficient, thus incapable of applying policy to real world situations.That can't be right! They're authority figures!

Zero tolerance means zero tolerance. If you let one kid wear flashy red and white kicks, then every kid is going to want to wear flashy kicks. Soon they would be robbing each other and bullying each other over whose shoes were superior. It would be a powder keg just waiting to go off into another Newtown. Lock him up I say. For the children.

Thursday in a press release that "Implementing a graduated approach to discipline, and using non-punitive measures focused on preventing misbehavior by providing supportive interventions, have been proven to reduce suspensions and expulsions while creating safe, effective learning environments for our youth."